Mr. King leads the Council's efforts in increasing adoption and awareness of the PCI Standards globally. In this role, Mr. King works closely with the Council's General Manager and representatives of its policy-setting executive committee from American Express, Discover, JCB International, MasterCard, and Visa, Inc. His chief responsibilities include gathering feedback from the merchant and vendor community, coordinating research and analysis of PCI SSC-managed standards through all international markets, and driving education efforts and Council membership recruitment through active involvement in local and regional events, industry conferences and meetings with key stakeholders. He also serves as a resource for Approved Scanning Vendors (ASVs), Qualified Security Assessors (QSAs), Internal Security Assessors (ISAs), PCI Forensic Investigators (PFIs), and related staff in supporting regional training, certification, and testing programs.

In the wake of the $81 million SWIFT transaction cyberheist from the Bank of Bangladesh - the first in a cascade of SWIFT-related heists - regulators and bankers throughout the world have stopped, taken a step back, and reviewed how interbank transactions and payments are managed and operated. The SWIFT attacks have...

As payments instruments evolve and change, so, too, will the way we secure payments. While cards aren't likely to ever completely disappear, they are expected to be overtaken by emerging payments instruments, such as mobile devices and wearables. Contactless payments are fueling a lot of this change, and open new...

While there are fraud patterns that are specific to the UK, Europe and the U.S. there is also a significant migration of fraud globally and across borders. As the U.S. becomes increasingly EMV compliant, for instance, fraud will migrate, not only to e-commerce, card-not-present and channels, but also to other parts of...